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and be good for little. Befides, trees in 

 good land pufh great fide-branches, which 

 often rob the main ftem and make them 

 grow crooked ; whereas in poor land they 

 pufh many fide-branches, but they are 

 weak, and the leading moot is generally 

 {tiff and flrong. To have good and fine 

 timber on rich land, the trees muil: be 

 pruned from their firft planting. 



TREES planted in good land, or even 

 in middling foil, mould be at eight feet 

 diftance if they are to ftand for timber ; 

 but if the plantation is intended to be 

 confiderable, the trees mould be planted 

 on good land, at four feet diftance, and 

 they will make a fine nurfery. If the 

 trees are five or fix feet high when plant- 

 ed, in thjee or four years time they 

 may with great fafety be removed, and 

 another plantation made of them ; but if 

 it be at no great diftance, they may be 

 carried with balls of earth fufficient, 

 without being hurt in moving them ; 

 fo that there will be the advantage of 



having 



